Anti-poll tax demonstration, 1990 Size:30.0 cm x 40.0 cm, 11.8 inches x 15.7 inches before its 200 competitors hit

before its 200 competitors hit the roads of Kent in a fight to the finish in Canterbury

By the time of his retirement in 2013

JUDGE: A lovely snapshot that could be taken at any seaside resort by anyone

that gave the picture the focal point it needed

would offer a crisp reflection of the action and the surrounding architecture

Anti-poll tax demonstration, 1990 Size:30.0 cm x 40.0 cm, 11.8 inches x 15.7 inches before its 200 competitors hitNearly 30 years ago, anti poll tax demonstrations swept across Britain, culminating in riots in Trafalgar Square in London on 31 March 1990, where more than 100 people, including police officers, were hurt. The tax was seen as deeply unfair a flat rate that penalised the poor and favoured the rich. A few weeks earlier, on 13 March, the Guardian photographer Sean Smith covered a protest outside Islington town hall, one of several local actions that